The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-10

Shelbysile Democrat
Since the Boston Post and the New
York Star have taken tilt at the deini-
Ition Of . mugwump and mugwumpism,
aud George William Curtis has recently
declared that the hope Of the country
depends upon mugwumpery, the Demo-
|crat rises 10 say that the definitions Of Q
lmugwump should be boiled down to the
following truisms:
lie il negative quantity. sterile BY
nature. ''innocuous" BY profession and
ldesultory BY persuasion. He Is soft
Drained. narrow-paied, perry-winkled
cuss Of two species. or the Que, be is .
malcontent, who sees no good in Ameri.
can diplomacy, no beauty in the doctrine
of popular government, and no philoso-
ply in the teachings and tenets Of the
great political parties Of the country.
OF the other, he IL Aicaw bef, who has
hitherto professed to be Democrat, bat
has slept away the better part Of his life
waiting for something to turn up and,
having "turned up in some Office, sud-
denly becomes alarmed at bis recent
transition from obscurity to : position Of
trust and honor, and, with an air Of
grave subIimity concludes that be owes,
his allegiance 10 the Republican party \
because, fors0oth, . few Of that party
supported his election. He il . sweet
scented geranium, who assumes Z n0n.l
partisan air, looks down upon his party
with contempt, and arrogantly spurnsI
the diction OF his constituency, that hc I
may pay the opposite party Tor support-I
ing him. He is q half-madc Democrat
v ho is spoiled BY giving him Office. Hel
IOves fistfery, hates criticism, and on
IhiS account, dce-n't believe that politics.
pas any thing TO do with the case. He ii
eelf-advised, distant, un-l
and id puhed-up bsgI'
u incomprehensibili,y. II
The Shelbyville Democrat has no OBJ
oction 20 this class OF noihings runningl
or Office and getting elected II they can III
,ut hereafter il prefers 10 let them get.
'fiice BY non partisan votes. IL they can
ret any. and not BY pretending to be
Democrats simply 10 get Office. Here
'fter il wants 10 vote Tor and support q
'eAlity and not myth
II il getting very tired Of hearing men,,
Eho have been elected as Democrats, get
III the old mugwump chestnut. 20, you
znow there were so many Republicans
Toted for me. I must do something tol..
,lease them" II wants TO see . Repub-
lean official stick to his party and 81.
Democrat be honest with his constitu-l
Dcy. A man who lives up 10 his pro- !
ession eQuarely, openly and above board,
5, TO certain extent, respectable, even.
be is an improper man. Bnt > man
rho creeps into political trusts BY hypo-I.
representing himself 10 be that I.
rhich he is not, and by deceiving hislss
riends, is, above al thines, damnabie. /.
Acting lie is worse than telling one,
nd man who gets IN Office through :
alsc prctcnses II pirate, for he steals .
be positions which rightfully belong toI11
be honest representatives Of the party,l :
nj, after having robbed the party Of its \.
mirage, he sardonicaIIy grins in its face
nd says, damn the partyI Im bigger.
nd better than the party ever was.'I'
he Democrat takes no stock in the 90
Allied puritanic mugwumpery and itsI
iab0licaI treachery. The essence O1u
10 political treason. A
aeilitc Of this abortion 10 either an old I,
Arnacle cufIcd on the hull OF one Of the '
ID parties By reason or his stricken con- u
;ience and infidelity 10 his friends, orlA
) IL Ieech on the neck Of the party, ,lIs
'pping II Of its vitality. The former ISL
! aggregation OF egotism and pom-h
osity, while the latter IL the butt Of aII
lat IL contemplate and vulgar. Thet,
nc Is an old sore sloughed OF the body iI
Dlitic, while the other Il The excresencei h,
depsaved humanity. Such u the h,
pinion Of the Democrat touching &c
nuisance. II,